Wow, i thought no one had ever heard of this game. Its so ******* brilliant, and stays true to the book(or so I've heard), which is rare for a book to video game title.
also
ARTYOM! YOU NEED TO SNEAK PAST AN ENTIRE ARMY OF METRO NAZIS IN ABSOLUTE DARKNESS WITHOUT BEING CAUGHT. ONLY USE YOUR KNIFE. GOOD LUCK.
May I just say that Artyom is fun as hell to say?

Yeah it follow the book at all. They couldn't even get artyoms home station right. In the book its VDNKh in the game exhibition. They got the ending right though. Bad ending the game is the true book ending. But regardless of that its still a great game especially with ranger hardcore mode.

Did you consider the fact that the book and original game were made in Russia and in the Russian language, and the English version just has a different name for the home station so people could pronounce it?